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Dusty road. Image credit: ModelAColumbus.com Until the 1950’s, gravel roads were the norm outside the core developed zones of American towns and cities. Guess what? Gravel roads are back in vogue. Tax revenues are so far down and asphalt prices...
Image via Alligator Farm Is there no end to BP’s hypocrisies and ludicrous actions? Evidently not. Here’s the latest, in a long line of curious blunders and aggravating insensitivities: after being publicly chastised time and again for denying...
Okay, here’s a weird one. You may remember the story of Prahlad Jani , an Indian yogi who claims that he hasn’t ever eaten or had a drink in the last 70 years. So-called ’scientists’ have just evidently concluded a 15-day study...
Okay, here’s a weird one. You may remember the story of Prahlad Jani , an Indian yogi who claims that he hasn’t ever eaten or had a drink in the last 70 years. So-called ’scientists’ have just evidently concluded a 15-day study...
Image via TreeHugger.com, who will not stand idly by while beer goes to waste. Save the Beers! File this story under, “That Ain’t Right!” Two employees of the Columbia, Missouri Solid Waste Division and beer rescuing heroes, Beer Heroes...
Photo via Transworld Business Oceanographer and author Sylvia Earle won the 2009 TED prize with a far-reaching wish: “to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas, hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean,...
Last week, I highlighted the expansive timeline of misdeeds from coal empire billionaire David Koch. You see, it had recently been revealed that Koch Industries outspent even Exxon in funding anti-climate science campaigns. But there’s one more...
Santisuk, the monkey cop, is helping win hearts in Thailand. Photos: Reuters / Damir Sagolj It may sound like a premise to some hotly anticipated buddy-film, but the story of how one pig-tailed macaque got a job working for the Thailand police is no...
Image from AFP TreeHugger has been following the story of the future of Lake Baikal, the “pearl of Siberia”, the world’s largest and deepest fresh water body. Because of its age and isolated location, it contains unusual collections...
